FORTNITE DOWN - Feb 2 - 6PM

Fortnite Battle Royale and Save The World servers will be down this afternoon on PC, PS4 and Xbox One as Epic, the developer, takes the game offline in order to update the game to it's newest patch, V.2.4.0.

According to Epic, this scheduled maintenance is due to begin at 1PM EDT, which for anyone in the UK is 6PM GMT (any minute now).

"Incoming! V.2.4.0 is releasing today at 1PM EDT(6PM GMT). There will be some downtime and you will need to download an update. Notice a new issue? Let us know on any of our social channels or by reporting it in-game," Epic told followers on Twitter.

Do not be surprised if the maintenance takes longer than usual - we're used to seeing that with Fortnite. The game is rarely down for more than an hour at a time.

And equally, it's not unheard of for any update to create one or two sudden game breaking bugs. Hopefully, this new update will avoid any of that, but you can never tell.

That being said, Epic are usually good with this sort of thing, so it wouldn't be long for them to get it fixed anyway.

Keep reading for a reminder of the new features coming to the game today.

Fortnite V.2.4.0 UPDATE - Take a look at the new Minigun!

Patch V.2.4.0 is planned to release February 1.

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ORIGINAL STORY - Wednesday 31st Jan - Fortnite Battle Royale servers are having a hard time of it this evening (again) as Epic confirms that PS4, Xbox One and PC players may be unable to log in.

"We're aware some players may be hitting a waiting room when they login to Fortnite," explained the Twitter account moments ago.

Players, as a result, will likely be receiving an error message that says 'queue is full' during matchmaking.

"We're checking into it and hope to have it resolved soon," Epic's team explained on Twitter.

However, there is currently no ETA on when Fortnite Battle Royale gameplay will be live again, although fans are (obviously) hoping for an update soon.

Fortnite, to their credit, are normally pretty good with providing fans updates so we wouldn't be surprised to hear something soon.

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Keep reading for more details on the games new update coming tomorrow morning.

This news comes ahead of a new Fortnite update coming tomorrow to Battle Royale and Save the World players.

Part of this update is geared towards rewarding players who endured some rather chaotic server issues and downtime last week.

"We told you we appreciate your patience with some of the issues we’ve had after releasing V.2.3.0, and we meant it. In recognition of that patience, we are going to be providing some goodies to both StW and BR players," Epic told fans of the game on a Forum post.

As for specifics, players can look forward to receiving 20 Battle Stars toward your Battle Pass progression on Fortnite Battle Royale as well as 1600 Seasonal Gold you can use in the Event Store for anyone playing Save the World.

Of course, this update is just a small fraction of the update.

With the release of V.2.4.0, Epic will also be addressing plenty of bug fixes for the games Battle Royale mode, as well as introducing some "fun new additions" for Save the World.

The coolest addition though is undoubtedly the new minigun for Battle Royale, which you can take a close look at below.

There are no details on exactly when the v2.4.0 Patch will be released, but we're expecting it to arrive in the morning, as per past Fortnite updates.